“So Long, Charley”

14 Replies to ““So Long, Charley””

1. The caption reads…
   “The Remington Carriage Museum in Cardston unveiled a $150,000 bronze statue of jockey, and former Cardston resident, George Woolf on Saturday, July 17, 2010. The statue depicts Woolf riding thoroughbread Seabiscuit”
   What’s a “thoroughbread”? Is that like wonderbread but for biscuits?

2. yes indeed….lots of oats in it see..

3. what a beautiful … what? Sculpture, casting, replication, whatever, very nicely done.

4. It is an amazing statue and the event was great.

5. Is there any 1800’s Munro and McIntosh Carriage Co. buggies on display at the museum in Cardston?
   They would have been made right here in Glengarry so many years ago.

6. The statue is 1400 pounds of bronze, with more than half a dozen finishes that make it look real enough to run off the platform and into the field. As for Munro and McIntosh carriages, I’ll check tomorrow. Most antique vehicles have long since lost their identification.
   Howard Snyder
   Manager, Remington Carriage Museum

7. Glengariian…. they have a variety of carriages including Munro & McIntosh.
   Honestly, this is a great thing for Cardston. They also have the Masonic Temple besides the Remington Museum, which is something to see in and of itself.

8. So nice to see an actual statue and life like depictions, not like the crap they call art outside of gov’t buildings or beside SAIT at ACA

9. Amen, John.

10. Actually, it’s the Mormon Temple. The first one in Canada. I can see your confusion though as Joseph Smith stole, pardon me, borrowed, pardon me, was inspired by, pardon me, uhhh, oh forget it, a lot of symbols and legends from the Masons

11. At one time the Munro & McIntosh Carriage Co. was a big employer in Alexandria, Ontario. The arrival of the automobile ended that.
    I can never understand why any sort of local display was never made of their fine buggies, carriages and sleighs. Good on Western Canadians for paying tribute to the makers of horse drawn transportation with a museum.

12. The Mormon Temple in Cardston is the first anywhere in the world outside the United States. And as far as we know, the statue is the first in the world of George Woolf and/or Seabiscuit outside of the United States. (Where there are at least three of Seabiscuit, and one of George Woolf.)

13. Actually, that was is an excellent museum. Everyone passing by Cardston should go for sure! The fountain dedicated to Fay Wray has gone a bit to the dogs though.

14. I love the fact that a private citizen put up his own money for this. I can’t imagine government doing this, but if they did it would probably cost 4 times as much and not look anything like a horse and jockey.